Dry prickly hop spice infiltrates resinous fruited malts, puncturing brisk orange peel, grapefruit, white peach, and mango adjuncts to grain-nut spine. Clean finish allows white bread bottom to brighten minor piney nuance.
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(ELDRIDGE POPE) ROYAL OAK PALE ALE
Original brew (now re-created worse by O’Hanlon’s) tosses an aromatic chocolate liqueur punch into the creamy mocha center, where correlative fruitcake jab reaches temperate brandy finish. Sly hop bitterness picks up nutmeg-berry riptide, sprucing up the corners for unique pale ale with abundant character.
(SHIPYARD) CHAMBERLAIN PALE ALE
(STEINHAUS) MISSION ST. PALE ALE
(TROUTBROOK) THOMAS HOOKER AMERICAN PALE ALE
Well-rounded golden red-bodied ale gathers lively fruited spruce essence, honeyed barley-oats abundance, and perfumed floral component, resembling red ale more than labeled pale ale style. Autumnal cinnamon-allspice backdrop increases sour orange rind bittering and cherry tartness as raw-hopped pine nut harshness intensifies.